I'm a 63-year-old mother of 3, grandmother of 5, great grandmother of 1. I've been married nearly 45 years and have cooked since I was 8 years old. I'm employed full time and also a homemaker. My husband & I have lived in the foothills near Denver for 30 years. I love to cook all kinds of things and I like to bake. I try new recipes often and after all these years, I'm renewing my interest in cooking because of websites like this one. My husband believes nobody makes meat loaf like I do and my kids and their spouses think I'm the best cook they've ever known. (I do a good job of fooling them all!) The best thing I've ever done is learn how to make pie crust that doesn't fall apart in the oven. It's done with oil. I've also learned how to make Maid Rites that taste as good, if not better than when I get them at my hometown restaurant. My first stab at making beef gravy had to do with using green food coloring and I used a little too much...need I say more? It was ironic it was on St. Patrick's Day, so my husband and in-laws thought I was being clever! I also tried making homemade cloverleaf yeast rolls from scratch when I was newly married and they turned out looking like Mickey Mouse heads.